2012 Charleston Southern Buccaneers football team

2012 Charleston Southern Buccaneers football
Conference	Big South Conference
Record	5–6 (3–3 Big South)
Head coach	Jay Mills (10th season)
Offensive coordinator	Patrick Nix (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator	Shawn Quinn (1st season)
Home stadium	Buccaneer Field

2012 Big South Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 10 Stony Brook +^		5	–	1					10	–	3
Coastal Carolina +^		5	–	1					8	–	5
Liberty +		5	–	1					6	–	5
Charleston Southern		3	–	3					5	–	6
Gardner–Webb		2	–	4					3	–	8
VMI		1	–	5					2	–	9
Presbyterian		0	–	6					2	–	9
$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 2012 Charleston Southern Buccaneers football team represented Charleston Southern University as a member of the Big South Conference during the 2012 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by Jay Mills in his tenth and final season as head coach, the Buccaneers compiled an overall record of 5–6 with a mark of 3–3 in conference play, placing fourth in the Big South. Charleston Southern played home games at Buccaneer Field in Charleston, South Carolina.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 1	6:00 pm	at The Citadel*	Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC		L 14–49	14,264
September 8	1:30 pm	Jacksonville*	Buccaneer Field Charleston, SC		L 10–31	2,136
September 15	12:00 pm	at Illinois*	Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL	BTN	L 0–44	45,369
September 22	1:30 pm	at Shorter*	Barron Stadium Rome, GA		W 23–20	3,500
October 6	6:00 pm	at No. 13 Stony Brook	Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium Stony Brook, NY		L 7–49	5,100
October 13	1:30 pm	VMI	Buccaneer Field Charleston, SC		W 32–14	2,191
October 20	1:30 pm	Presbyterian	Buccaneer Field Charleston, SC	ESPN3	W 31–21	3,413
October 27	1:30 pm	Edward Waters*	Buccaneer Field Charleston, SC		W 42–7	1,611
November 3	3:30 pm	at Liberty	Williams Stadium Lynchburg, VA	Flames Sports Network	L 12–26	13,644
November 10	1:30 pm	Gardner–Webb	Buccaneer Field Charleston, SC	ESPN3	W 28–10	2,125
November 17	3:30 pm	at Coastal Carolina	Brooks Stadium Conway, SC	MASN	L 20–41	7,037
*Non-conference game Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time